#AFB321#AFB321

#AFB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.155 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB321
RGB	rgb(175, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -17.65, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 68.92, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0562 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.155 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0751, 41.4649, 7.6471)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB321 #2521B3

analogous

#B36E21 #AFB321 #66B321

triadic

#AFB321 #21AFB3 #B321AF

tetradic

#AFB321 #21B36E #2521B3 #B32166

square

#AFB321 #21B36E #2521B3 #B32166

split-complementary

#AFB321 #2166B3 #6E21B3

monochromatic

#4A4C0E #7C7F17 #AFB321 #D6DA37 #E0E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AFB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AFB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB321

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB321	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.155 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc96b',
    500: '#afb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb321;
$custom-light: #cbc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.15456,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB321

secondary

#6966CA

accent

#3CEC41

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB321

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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